Yeshiva University

On exhibit on the second floor of Pollack Library are color studies created by the beginning Color and Design class. Each student chose one classical or jazz piece and a second a song of any musical style to create an album cover designed for both pieces of music.

Nestled among Yeshiva University’s Special Collections are several shelves of rare works by Walt Whitman, donated to Yeshiva by Charles E. Feinberg. The gift was featured in an article in the New York Times (July 19, 1959, p. 57) where Feinberg was described as “a prosperous Detroit business man who started as a $2.50 […]

“Esther,” the name of the heroine of the Purim story, means hidden. Some of the megillot, the scrolls which tell the story of Esther and Purim, contain hidden blessings. A little known genre of Jewish folk art is the format of the presentation of the blessings recited upon reading the Megillah. Some Megillah scrolls reveal a […]

Celebrate National Poetry Month with Matt Miller, Associate Professor of English, who will introduce his book on Walt Whitman as the final of three Library Book Talks for the 2018-2019 academic year. Elinor Grumet, Reference and Instruction Librarian, will interview Professor Miller about his research and particular perspective on this highly influential American poet at […]

Happy Fair Use Week! Fair Use Week 2019 runs from February 25 through March 1 and promotes the awareness and significance of this valuable legal doctrine that provides the framework through which use may be made of copyrighted material without permission. This limitation on creators’ intellectual property rights promotes creativity and progress and […]

Sandra (Sandy) Moore has been named the new Head Librarian for Pollack Library. Hedi Steinberg Library on the Beren Campus has been awarded a grant from Assemblywoman Nily Rozic through DASNY (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York) for a dedicated research instruction facility and collaborative spaces. Existing space will be re-purposed to create a flexible learning […]

On January 22, 2019 Yeshiva University welcomed Pollack Library’s new Head Librarian, Sandra Moore. Sandy comes to us from Allen Community College in Iola, Kansas, where she served as Library Director and Academic Support Division Chair. In those roles she reported to the Vice President of Academic Affairs and was directly responsible for […]

Much has been written recently about the importance of this past January 1 to scholars and members of the creative professions. Referred to as the annual Public Domain Day, it was of particular significance this year because the extension from 75 to 95 years since publication of the copyright term of published works, […]

“Big Brother is Watching Them. Our Brothers are Waiting for Us,” was the message of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry in 1984. Today you are welcome to watch and listen to Soviet Jewry activists reminisce about their efforts to breach the Iron Curtain here.